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tropical cyclone

[ trop-i-kuhl sahy-klohn ]

noun

Meteorology.
  1. a warm-core cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area, generally beginning as a tropical depression and having the potential to intensify and develop into a hurricane or typhoon, classifications that depend on where the storm is occurring.

tropical cyclone

  1. See under cyclone
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Origin of tropical cyclone1

First recorded in 1915–20
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